Street Scene of Calcutta
signed ‘Bangdel’ lower left
Details
- Title : Lain Singh Bangdel (Nepalese, 1919-2002)
- Artist : LAIN SINGH BANGDEL
- Classification : Paintings
- Medium : oil on board, framed
- Dimension : 43 x 57.7 cm (16 15/16 x 22 11/16 in).
- Accession No : ITEM 2
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 1919-2002
- Collection : Bonhams
- Status : AUCTION at BONHAMS London, New Bond Street
- AUCTION VIEWING( AS PER BONHAMS WEBSITE) 11/21/2023 : 11 November 2023, 11:00 - 15:00 GMT 12 November 2023, 11:00 - 15:00 GMT 13 November 2023, 09:00 - 16:30 GMT 14 November 2023, 09:00 - 16:30 GMT 15 November 2023, 09:00 - 16:30 GMT 16 November 2023, 09:00 - 16:30 GMT 17 November 2023, 09:00 - 16:30 GMT 20 November 2023, 09:00 - 16:30 GMT 21 November 2023, 09:00 - 16:30 GMT
- Provenance : Property from the Collection of the Bangdel-Shakya Estate, Virginia, USA.
- FOOTNOTES : An exercise in perspective, this painting demonstrates Bangdel's continued interest in capturing the humble architecture of India's sprawling urban centers, fashioned from simple materials like brick and tin. On the right, Bangdel paints a row of modest shelters, composing the exterior walls from a series of distinct brushstrokes, oscillating between representation and abstraction. Having grown up in the Himalayan foothills, Bangdel was deeply struck by the overwhelming urban spaces of Kolkata, as well as the plight of the poor. In the late 1940s, Bangdel began writing some of the first realistic novels in Nepali, which empathetically depicted the lives of the less fortunate, who were traditionally excluded as subjects in literature. This painting demonstrates Bangdel's ongoing visual interest in the city as a setting for life and literature.